Don't Pretend

After years away from home, Ruan Songxi returned. As soon as she walked in, she saw her younger brother with his back to her, bending over to pick something up.

She fought back her excitement and, as she had when they were children, instinctively reached out and gave him a hard smack on the butt.

The person she'd smacked turned around. Ruan Songxi stared at the unfamiliar yet vaguely familiar face in front of her. For a few seconds, she froze, and her smile gradually stiffened.

Once she realized he was her brother's classmate and she'd hit the wrong person, she quickly pulled her hand back and lowered her head, looking for a crack in the wall to crawl into.

After a few seconds of silence, a voice above her spoke with a hint of amusement.

“Hello, big sister.”

A scorching wave of embarrassment burned from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet.

Big sister is no good. Big sister is sick. Big sister deserves to die.

*

Looking at Ruan Songxi sitting quietly beside him, Zhou Chixu couldn't hold back any longer. “I like you.”

Startled by his words, Ruan Songxi had heard him perfectly well, but instinctively pretended to be deaf, hoping to get out of it. “What did you say?”

He raised his eyes and repeated himself. “I've liked you for years. Did you know?”

Faced with his sudden confession, Ruan Songxi went from pretending to be deaf to pretending to be stupid. “I didn't know.”

The faint glimmer in Zhou Chixu's eyes faded. He lowered his head and murmured, “Don't pretend. Please.”

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Blurb

When Ren Bei first arrived at No. 6 Middle School, he was proud and haughty, utterly conceited. People nicknamed him Ren the Cocky.

Mo Nan felt the same way as everyone else. She thought he was full of himself and had no desire to talk to him.

Until one late night, she accidentally came across Ren Bei hiding under a bridge, head tilted back as he sobbed uncontrollably, using the sound of the rain to hide his tears.

When he noticed Mo Nan, he immediately stopped making a sound, turned around, and glared at her with icy eyes. “Don't tell anyone!” he warned.

He spoke threateningly, but seeing his red eyes, Mo Nan didn't feel the least bit threatened. She said flatly, “I'm going to.”

After that, Ren Bei got a new nickname: Ren the Crybaby.

When Ren Bei first arrived in Lingchuan, he looked down on the remote little county and didn't want to associate with the people there. Whenever Mo Nan tentatively invited him to go out with her, he refused without hesitation.

But less than half a month later, when he heard Mo Nan was going out, he shamelessly tagged along. There was no special reason. He simply enjoyed spending time with her.

Mo Nan casually remarked, “Can't you tell I don't really like Ren Bei either?” The words shattered all his pride, and he remembered them for the rest of his life.

Once, when Ren Bei was delirious with a fever, he grabbed Mo Nan's hand. With tears in his eyes, he called her name and asked in a plaintive voice, “Mo Pumpkin, does someone like me not deserve you?”

Tsundere crybaby Bei x free-spirited, cool and bold Nan

Theme: Be happy.